Resilient wheel.



T. E. VAN DERWBRKEN.

- RBSXLIBNT WHEEL,

APLICATION FILED AUC-k12, 1911,

Patented NOV. 19, 15H2.

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WIT/VES "STM @MQ/m T. E, VAN DERWERKEN RESIN NT WHEEL.

APPLILATICN FILEDAUG.12,1911.

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A @UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

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rnnoronnnnnr vANA ISERWERKEN, or GREEN ISLAND, ONE-HALF To JAMES n nnooxs ANI; CHARLES-c. rmcn,

To all whomit indy a citizen 'of-the United' States, and a residentv of Green Island, the county of Albany and State of New York,- have invented -a new and Improved .Resili-V ent Wheel, of. which-the following is a full, clear,and"exact.description.

The object offthe resent invention is to produce a vehicle w eel toresiliently supmov-ing vehicle such 4as an automobile, and to take up and cushion the shocks, incident 'to the moving of the vehicle over uneven roads Without. the use of pneumatic tiresw:

Reference is to'be had lto tle accom any' ing drawings, constituting "a part o this specification, in vwhich similarchalracters of reference denote corresponding parts in. all.` the viewsandin which-#- 7 Figure 1 shows the 'wheel-in side elevation embodying the invention, witha portion of-one of-'the sideplatesbroken' :away to show tlie underlying construction;l Fig.

2 shows a transversesection throughlthe rim andtire, and the resilient tire taken on a radial line;

is( port-for the liligu shows a top plan view, of a portion of the'- resilient supporting44 devicesA laid out Vin a horizontal plane; Fig. 4 shows a toppled-.view of the base lof the.L rim fportion laid ont in a. horizontal plane,and.alsov ai portion ofl the side I y plates; Fig. showsfavtop plan 'view of one in a felly a', all

of the side plates; and Fig. 6 `.shows a perspective view of one ofthe sprin The wheel 'comprises aA hubprovided with radial spokes a, which are Vfitted in one end of thehub A; and at their opposite ends of which parts may be of any usual or ordinary construction, as hereinafter set forth.

The wheel com rises a rim o'rtionfB and lEetween which is a resilient consists of a ase member b consisting of -a circular meouter periphery ofthe felly a' to which it/ may be secured in any suitable or convenient manner. The base is provided at intervals about its periphery with the radial extending bosses b', there .being as many of 'such bosses as there -.are supporting springs, as will be hereinafter setfforth, and each of specification of L'etter's Patent. f.' Application led August 12, 1911.4 4Sel-tal No'. 843,798.

the tire securely connected to'. th .of'bolts D 'which the bosses is provided with a bearin b2 and they are somewhat lessin length t an the N nw Yonx,.AssIGNon or or ALBANY, NEW Yonx.

NRESILIENT WHEEL:

Patented Nov. 19,1912.

I widt'hof the base b, leaving atleach end e it known that I, THEonoRn' VAN DERWERKEX,

spaces or recesses b3. The rim portion ll further comprises circular side made of any of rings, the? inner openings being-'substantially the diameter of the-inner surface of' the felly, and `ofsueh width as to project a suilicient distance' beyond the base bso as plates b desired metal and in the form to 4form a trough or recess which receives the resilient -.supporting mechanism E and portion-C. T

e rim plates b are pass 'through said plates near their inner edges and throughjfo enings Zin the felly a. The rim plates provided with Alugs or stops li arthe members of eachpair being at-such. a distance from' eachother as fto`form end stops for the recess b at the opposite ends of tion C com inyform ian the space between the rim plates f, and have a free sliding ,movement therebetweenb The tire ring e is provided upon its'nner the lugs b', The tire p0rrises a metallic ring .circu'lar e felly a bymeans 5 uponj'; ,their inner faces and near their inner edges, will be Y 'ranged 1n pairs,

of .a width m Substantially fit surface at intervals with the"transversely extending-seats cf formed -by the c, andtlmaybe provided upon its external surface with; any suitable sound' deadenjng and cushioning t-rad surface F, preferably a solid rubber tire.. however, is not depended upon to secure the cushioning and resilient action of the wheel, but it is secured-by a structed as shown in Fig. t) of the drawing.

hese springs are made .of wire which is bent to form the loops or bearings. and

the bail-.62, extending from one Iside thereof,

joined by the c ross barea and' the .parallel arms e* extending from the oppositev side of the bearing loops" e', `and having attheir free ends .the inturned hooks e5. There are .as many of the springs e employed asfthere are lugs b. on the base b of the rimportion, and they b', the bearing loops being disposed aft opposite ends of the respective lugs and engag'd lby pins euwhich are and seated in' the bearings b2 and which are of suiiicient length to project at opposite ends beyond the lugs and to closely approximate the inner faces of the rim plates '65. Thus the springs are securely held in t-heir relative position but are pe|mitted -frce series Aof springs e con.

passed throu'gl projections are mounted upon said', lugs nnn'oii'ntllritll tlle 'pins cls -the' centerorl'lop'poslteside* of said yles andiengzling the-3 tulelunl of snob movement. The ball .6? 1S xarlns of the )bail portion of=an adjacent connected dlretlyjvltlr 'the inner face of' springgand pivotal-supports@,therimenseries of springs, which hooks" engage tolle x'bers pi\o tal ly sup|gorted -nbpnts ntermel l0 :lrnls ot the ball e2. iliate .their ends upon the rim'. portion, the

observed that' tbetire portion l(llzl's'al radial' 'fp'rtoil nid-ut'. 'their lopposite Aendl engaging: movement "within the lrijn portio1l: l l 1. rellli.tllepzirzlllel members-of 'ad'jncelltisprings -llt `60 tively to the 1mb und rim ofthe lrllel', and 4one.sideyoftlle l'lix'ot'al supports.

' spi-ings 6,' the bzlilsmwhich rqreifejtlle portion, :lcontinuous tire-portion mount/edv direct tlm-ist: of the tire |'ort-on,"\\'li'rcllis 4nponjt-be rinlbportion -forvradialflnovemnt j Y lrunsnlittegllby.-l'nennsfgfftllcfurms f'*'to"tllef thereon, springselnpifisng parallel meins-65 A:nljacont springs; 'tlnlt is'-'to` say; thc-raidin'l l'ieisq'ivotllly.supportedfmpoints intermfe.'`

20 movement oftlletire 'is' nobody resisted by -Aflluftetlleilf ends upon-the rinLportion,sea-ts ,the purtieu'lalr spril'lg whit-'ll nlay be-':lt v:ln'y- 'f'onrtllu inner fa'l'reiliv theitir'e portion, the Y to some extent assisted' in its1 resistance by vthe rznliul Ymovement'of'tlleiirefnnder the.; ends 'engaging vthe; :lnembers vof fa )acent 25 load straills'by lilo springs-imil'leditlyad"'llsprings.-

portion, continuous tire purtin'l lnonntgdl`V inlinelt ).-ths speciticzitioli in-l tlepresrnee nflhvrcmi .for 'r'adml movement iwith ljelaltlon tivo subscribing wxtnevssesr.. v 

